Production of Biodiesel from a Novel Combination of Raphia Africana Kernel Oil and Turtle Shell (Centrochelys Sulcata) Heterogenous Catalyst

This work investigated the viability of a non-edible oil obtained from raphia africana in production biodiesel using novel heterogeneous catalyst derived turtle shells (Centrochelys sulcata). The study also proposed use acetone as co-solvent to enhance solubility reacting mixtures. were calcined at 900oC for 3hr, impregnated KOH improve its activity and then supported with activated carbon produced cassava peels increase surface area. influences concentration, loading, catalyst/carbon mix ratio concentration acetone/methanol on yield investigated. results revealed that maximum 93% was bio-oil 30% (w/w), loading 6.5%, solvent/methanol 0.4 weight 1.25. shell has been found possess very high catalytic converting saturated fatty acid content excellent fuel properties having low acids profile. Doi: 10.28991/HEF-2021-02-03-07 Full Text: PDF